Hanoi (VNA) – Vietnam’s head coachPark Hang-seo has selected 23 players for the 2020 Asian Football Confederation(AFC) U23 Championship qualification’s Group K.
The Korean coach picked four strikers, sevenmidfielders, nine defenders and three goalkeepers.
Among them, forward Ha Duc Chinh of SHB Da Nangis the most internationally experienced while his younger teammate Tran DanhTrung, 19, from Hue FC is the newest one. He just completed at the ASEAN U22Championship earlier this month and scored three goals for Vietnam who finishedthird.
Midfielder Nguyen Quang Hai of Hanoi FC wasnamed the team’s captain.
Defender Tran Dinh Trong is the only player inthe team lacking fitness, but his leg injury has been recovering well.
Group K includes Brunei, Indonesia, Thailand andVietnam. The matches will take place at Hanoi-based My Dinh National Stadium.
Vietnam will face Brunei on March 22, Indonesia on March 24 andThailand on March 26. All the matches of Group K will be broadcast livenationwide.
The biennial tournament has attracted 44 teams which havebeen divided into 11 groups of four, and the top 16 teams will qualify to playin the finals in 2020.-VNA
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